Aberrant bush warbler

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Aberrant bush warbler
In Sabah, Malaysia

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cettiidae
Genus: Horornis
Species:
H. flavolivaceus
Binomial name
Horornis flavolivaceus
(Blyth, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Cettia flavolivacea
  • Cettia flavolivaceus

The aberrant bush warbler (Horornis flavolivaceus) is a species in the bush warbler family, Cettiidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.

It is found in central and southern

Timor-Leste and Vietnam[1] and also may occur in northeastern and southeastern Bangladesh.[3]

Taxonomy

The aberrant bush warbler was

binomial name Neornis flavolivacea.[4][5] The specific epithet flavolivaceus combines the Latin flavus meaning "yellow" with the Modern Latin olivaceus meaning "olive-green".[6] The aberrant bush warbler is now placed in the genus Horornis that was introduced in 1845 by Brian Hodgson.[7]

Thirteen subspecies are recognised:[7]

The last eight subspecies in the above list have sometimes been considered as a separate species, the Sunda bush warbler Horornis vulcanius.[7][8]

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